Evidently I'm expecting things to be too complicated..must be too much experience with Micro**ft products..;) Ok, all I had to do is create a scripts directory in the .blender directory, and copy all the old *.py files into it..suddenly everything's back where it should be. @Gezinorqiva- here's what Discombobulate does to a simple cube..

I wish I'd said that.. The Staircase Wit

anahl nathrak uth vas betude doth yel dyenvey..;)